Printing-form.



P. T. DODGE, PRINTING FORNL' I A-PPLIOATION FILED OCT. 26, 1912.

1 6%,%55 Patented June 10,1913.

UNITED as T e jp rgg PHILIP TELL DODGE, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE L COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YGRK.

PRINTIBIG-FORM.

Patented dune 16, this;

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP T. Donor), a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Printing-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printing forms, and more particularly to thatclass thereof wherein are employed type formed with overhangingcharacters and supporting shanks of less width than the characters, incombination with printing slugs which extend beneath and support theoverhanging characters of the type. Type of this class are frequentlyprovided with-large extending letters which cover two, three or morelines of print, and it is one of the purposes of my invention to employsuch type in connection with slugs carrying smaller characters. In orderto permit such use, the

. slugs or. linotypes are formed with recesses in the sides thereof, attheir ends or in any desired location, these recesses being designed toreceive the supporting shanks, and thus to permit the type and slugstobe accurately and firmly locked in,the form and to prevent theaccidental displacement of either.

In the accompanying drawing, I have" shown my invention in preferredform and by way of example, but obviously many variations andmodifications ma be made therein and still be comprise within its.spirit. Generally speaking, I desire it to be distinctly understood thatI do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in sofar as such limitations are specified in the claims. Referring to thedrawing: Figure 1 illustrates a printing form, embodying my invention;Fig. 2 shows one of the constituent slugs thereof; Fig. 3 is a view of aslug having printingcharacters along its entire edge; and Figs. 4, 5 anddillustratedifierout forms of the individual type,

It frequently occurs in printing, and especially in connection withadvertising matter, thatit is necessary to employ characters whichpro'ect across two or more ordinary lines, and n Fig. 1 is illustrated aprinting form adapted to produce-"such matter. This formis shown as madeup'of slugs B, type C, and slugs F, The type C (see Fig. 4') comprise anoverhanging character por:

tion 0 anda supporting shank .6 ct considerably less width. The slugs B(see Fig.

2) are like the ordinary commercial linotype, except that they arerecessed at B receive and support the overhanging character portion Gand also recessed at B to receive the type'shank C the recess B being ofsuch depth that no portion of the shank ex tends b and the, side surfaceof the slug.

When the slugs B and type C are assembled, 3

they constitute a printing form such as shown in Fig. 1, and dueto theengagement of the parts, as previously described, both the type andslugs may he firmly and accurat-sly locked in position and in exactparallelism to each otheqwithout the employ ment of interposed leads,paper and the like.

' The recess B of the slug B may he formed in any desired manner, as forinstance by a member projecting intothe ordi nary linotype mold slot, asfrom a liner or otherwise, in the manner Well understood in the art. Therecess B of the slug is preferably formed by the employment'at theappropriate place in the matrix line 'ofthe well known blank quads orspaces. It will be understood that in connection with the slugs B andtype C, may be employed slugs E (see Fig. 3) having characters along itsentire printing edge, which result is secured by assembling the matricesin theordinary: manner. This may be done without change in the parts,such as'the substitution of a different liner or otherwise, as therecess-B would in such circumstances not extend to the printing edge.

.In Fig. 5 I have illustrated another form of t pe'D, which diliers fromthe one shown in ig. 4 in that it is provided with a plurality ofsupporting shanks or legs D5 In Fig. 6 I have shown still anothermodified form of type E provided with the supporting shank E which inturn is formed with a projecting or looking foot E the engagement ofwhich with a corresponding recess in the supporting slug tends to lockthe type even more firmly in position and Having thus described myinventioinwhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters latent of theUnited States, is as follows:

1. A printing form comprising a type having an overhanging character anda supporting shank of less width than the character, in combination witha slug recessed to receive said shank and extending beneath saidoverhanging character to support it, the said shank-receiving recessbeing of such depth that no part of the shank extends beyond-thc sidesurface'of the slug.

2. A printing form comprising a type having an overhanging character anda supporting shank of less width than the character, in combination witha slug carrying printing characters on a portion of its edge and theremaining portion thereof extending beneath the overhanging typecharacter to support it, and recessed in its side to receive said shank,the said recess being of such depth that no part of the shank extendsbeyond the'side surface of the slug.

3. A printing form comprising a type and contain the said shank.

with an overhanging character and a shank of less width than thecharacter, in combination with a printing slug recessed in its side toreceive said shank andin its edge to receive and support saidoverhanging character, the said side recess being of such depth that nopart of the shank extends beyond the side surface of the slug.

4. A. printing form comprising a type having an overhanging characterand a supporting shank of less width than the char acter, in combinationwith a plurality of slugs in lateral contact with :11 other, andextending beneath said overhanging character to support it, and formedin their sides with recesses of sutlicient depth toreceive In testimonywhereo; I hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of October, 1912, in thepresence of twoattesting witnesses.

PHILIP TELL DODGE.

Witnesses E. J. LAMB, WALTER Monmnn.

